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A FINELY PAINTED ICON SHOWING THE MOTHER OF GOD 'JOY TO ALL WHO GRIEVE' WITH SILVER BASMA ROMANI') MIT SILBER-BASMA West Russian, 1st half 18th century West-Russland, 1. Hälfte 18. Jh. Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The Mother of God standing in a mandorla, holding the Crrist Child. Flanked by two angels and people with various afflictions on either side presenting their supplications. The faces are finely executed with soft shades. A varity of greens and blues constrast with the shades of red. The background stripped to gesso. 31.2 x 26 cm. Tuch. Entlang der Ränder gruppieren sich Hilfesuchende und Bedürftige in Begleitung von Publication: I. Bentchev - E. Haustein-Bartsch: Muttergottesikonen, Bielefeld 2000, Cat. 53.